Friday, May 18, 2012

MALIMONO, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/17 May) — Fisher folk in three
coastal villages in this town are seeing a ray of hope saying different
species of fish have started to reappear in their municipal waters.

The locals attributed this to the establishment of marine sanctuaries
last February to stem the destruction of the fishing grounds, which is
mainly blamed on illegal fishing methods that also wrecked coral reefs.

“Thanks to the donors and development partners who gave us the
necessary equipment and technical know-how on how to preserve and
protect the marine sanctuaries,” Vicente Cabillo, a fish warden in
Barangay Cantapoy said in the vernacular..... MORE